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What is unemployment? Unemployment occurs when people are able and willing to work but cannot find jobs.…read more

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How is unemployment measured?1. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) measure:- The ONS carry out a survey on 60,000 people including employers, and they are asked about their employment status 4 times a year.2. The Claimant Count:-the claimant count includes all those in receipt of unemployment-related benefits, mainly job-seekers allowance.…read more

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What is wrong with the measuresof unemployment?ILO 60,000 people may be too small a sample size and may not be representative enough. It's a telephone interview so people can lie. It is time consuming and expensive.The Claimant Count People may claim benefits even if they are employed. It cannot be used as an accurate measure of employment to be used internationally.…read more

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What are the different types ofunemployment?1. Frictional unemployment:- this occurs when workers are searching for a job. It takes time to search and find a new job. This is a short-run problem.2. Seasonal unemployment:- this occurs when people work during a certain part of the year and are unemployed for the rest of the year e.g. agriculture.3. Structural unemployment:- this occurs when the economy goes through a structural change. So workers become unemployed because they don't have the skills to work in the new sector. The government would have to train these workers so they have the new skills to work.4. Cyclical or demand-deficient unemployment:- A recession occurs when the economy shrinks, output falls unless jobs are available. Workers can't get a job so they are unemployed. Unemployment occurs because there's not enough demand in the economy.…read more

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How does migration effectunemployment? Migration means people come into the UK and take the jobs of British citizens. But migration means there are more people in the UK so demand for goods and services rise, employment rises. Migration creates jobs. Migrant workers tend to accept lower wages and harsher working conditions so they may fill the jobs that UK citizens do not do. Migrant workers might have skills that UK workers do not have. Half the expansion on the NHS have been foreign people. 31% of doctors are qualified overseas. 71% of workers in catering are migrants.…read more